IN 1897 THIS DIRECT UNDERGROUND ROUTE TO MANHATTAN WAS PLANNED.



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THE DECISION TO EXTEND THE I. R. T. TO BROOKLYN RESULTED IN PLANS BEING DRAWN UP FOR CONNECTING THE TWO RAILROADS AT FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL.   THE L.I.R.R.'S 1903 PLANS SHOW SIX OF THEIR TRACKS RUNNING THROUGH TO CONNECT WITH THE I.R.T.   THIS PLAN SHOWS FOUR STATION TRACKS MERGING INTO TWO CONNECTING TRACKS.   THESE WERE ORIGINALLY TO BE STATION TRACKS FIVE,   SIX,   SEVEN AND EIGHT BUT TRACKS ONE AND TWO WHICH WERE TO CONNECT FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STATION WERE NEVER BUILT. WHEN THE STATION OPENED THESE TRACKS WERE NUMBERS THREE,   FOUR,   FIVE AND SIX. ON JULY FIRST 1978 THE STATION TRACKS WERE RENUMBERED TO THEIR PRESENT DESIGNATIONS.

AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PLAN ARE SHOWN TRACKS ONE AND TWO WHICH WERE NEVER BUILT.


THE BOTTOM OF THIS PLAN SHOWS WHERE TRACKS
ONE AND TWO WOULD HAVE LEFT THE LADDER TRACKS.

BY 1907 THE I.R.T. HAD DECIDED TO BUILD FURTHER INTO BROOKLYN AND THAT THEIR ATLANTIC AVENUE STATION WOULD HAVE FOUR TRACKS.   THE LONG ISLAND BEGAN ORDERING CARS THAT WERE 65 FEET LONG - MP54'S - TOO LONG TO RUN ON THE I.R.T.   THE PLANNED CONNECTION WAS REDUCED TO THREE TRACKS, ONE, SEVEN (LATER 5) AND EIGHT (LATER 6).   THEN TRACKS ONE AND TWO WERE DROPPED FROM THE PLANS ENTIRELY AND THE OTHER TRACKS WERE RENUMBERED.   THE I.R.T. DID INSTALL A SWITCH AND UNTIL 1922 HAD A SHORT SPUR TRACK. THE CONNECTION WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD MAY NEVER HAVE BEEN BUILT. FOLLOWING IS SOME EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT VIEW.

THE   RAILROAD   GAZETTE   MARCH   1907



LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD   ANNUAL   REPORT   OF   DECEMBER   31,   1907.


THIS L.I.R.R. MAP WAS PRINTED IN THE MARCH 1907 RAILROAD GAZETTE AND SHOWS TRACKS
ONE AND TWO WHICH WERE NEVER BUILT.       NOW THE I.R.T. HAS FOUR RATHER THAN
THREE TRACKS AND ONLY L.I.R.R. TRACKS ONE,  SEVEN AND EIGHT RUN THROUGH TO CONNECT.

AS CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSED THE AREA WHERE TRACKS ONE AND TWO WERE TO LEAVE L.I.R.R. PROPERTY AND CONNECT WITH THE I.R.T. WAS CLOSED OFF BY A TEMPORARY WOODEN RETAINING WALL. THIS PLAN SHOWS THE END OF THE NEW (IN 1905) CONCRETE TUNNEL WALL AND THE TEMPORARY TIMBER BULKHEAD FROM ABOVE   -   THE TRACKS ARE THE B.R.T. TROLLEY TRACKS ON THE STREET.

THE TEMPORARY WOODEN BULKHEAD WAS REPLACED BY A PERMANENT
CONCRETE WALL.         THE 1909 ANNUAL REPORT SHOWED


THIS L.I.R.R. MAP SHOWS STATION TRACKS SEVEN (LATER FIVE) AND EIGHT (LATER SIX)
MERGING AND CONNECTING WITH THE I.R.T. AND THE RIGHT OF WAY CROSSED BY A
REMOVEABLE WOODEN BRIDGE WHICH SAVED PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO USE STAIRS.

BY 1916 OR SO THE WAITING ROOM PORTION OF THE CONNECTION HAD BEEN CONCRETED OVER AND TRACKS ONE (WAS THREE) THROUGH SEVEN RENUMBERED.   TRACKS TEN THROUGH SIXTEEN RETAINED THEIR OLD NUMBERS RESULTING IN THERE BEING NO TRACKS EIGHT AND NINE.   IN 1920 TRACK SEVEN WAS REMOVED.

THIS I.R.T. PLAN INDICATES THAT THEIR SWITCH HAD BEEN REMOVED AUGUST 8, 1922
BUT STILL SHOWS THE L.I.R.R. SWITCH AND TRACKS WITH THEIR OLD NUMBERS.




THIS JULY 17, 1908 PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE CONNECTION'S RIGHT OF WAY BUT NO TRACK.


APRIL,  1978 - THIS MUCH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY MAY LOOK THE SAME TODAY.
NO THERE IS NOT A TRACK.


MARCH 4, 1912.


OVER THE RIGHT OF WAY THE LONG ISLAND BUILT A TICKET
OFFICE,  TICKET RECEIVER'S OFFICE AND CONDUCTORS' ROOM .






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